Microservices
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Microservices skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 63 68
Rank change year-on-year -39 +5 -15
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 1,645 1,941 3,649
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.75% 4.33% 3.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.40% 4.68% 4.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1,205 976 2,739
10th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £58,688 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £74,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.67% +14.62% -13.97%
75th Percentile £93,634 £95,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £61,206
% change year-on-year -7.14% +14.37% -9.32%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Microservices falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 68,493 41,477 89,117
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.95% 92.48% 81.80%
Number of salaries quoted 47,109 22,216 63,180
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -9.09%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microservices relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Microservices job vacancy trend in the UK

Microservices
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices

Microservices
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microservices over the 6 months to 19 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Microservices in the UK

Microservices
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the UK over the 6 months to 19 June 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -39 1,494 £75,000 +0.17% 437
UK excluding London -82 804 £65,000 -7.14% 310
Work from Home -30 726 £67,500 -4.92% 267
London -10 716 £85,000 +3.03% 198
North of England -48 328 £69,310 -4.40% 101
South East -28 213 £67,500 -3.57% 99
North West -49 177 £75,000 +3.45% 63
Midlands -70 84 £67,500 - 28
Yorkshire -33 81 £65,000 -11.79% 21
South West -70 80 £52,500 -23.39% 44
North East +15 70 £65,000 +2.36% 18
West Midlands -47 59 £77,500 +10.71% 19
East of England -24 43 £60,100 +0.17% 12
Scotland -63 29 £60,000 -23.87% 17
Wales -37 24 £70,000 +34.62% 6
East Midlands -66 24 £64,500 -0.77% 9
Northern Ireland -27 7 £62,500 +25.00% 7
Isle of Man - 3 £35,000 - 1

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 25 (1.52%) Apache Spark
2 23 (1.40%) Confluence
3 13 (0.79%) Apache
3 13 (0.79%) CMS
4 12 (0.73%) IIS
5 10 (0.61%) JBoss
6 8 (0.49%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 7 (0.43%) OpenStack
7 7 (0.43%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 6 (0.36%) WordPress
9 5 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
9 5 (0.30%) Drupal
10 4 (0.24%) Camunda
10 4 (0.24%) GeoServer
10 4 (0.24%) WebSphere
11 3 (0.18%) nginx
12 2 (0.12%) Liferay
12 2 (0.12%) SharePoint
12 2 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
12 2 (0.12%) Umbraco
Applications
1 10 (0.61%) MS Visio
2 6 (0.36%) PlantUML
3 5 (0.30%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.30%) Oracle Retail
2 5 (0.30%) Payment Gateway
3 4 (0.24%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.12%) Shopify
6 1 (0.061%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.061%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.061%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 871 (52.95%) AWS
2 708 (43.04%) Azure
3 306 (18.60%) GCP
4 246 (14.95%) Serverless
5 164 (9.97%) SaaS
6 163 (9.91%) GitHub
7 138 (8.39%) Azure DevOps
8 117 (7.11%) AWS Lambda
9 98 (5.96%) Amazon S3
10 95 (5.78%) Amazon EKS
11 82 (4.98%) AWS CloudFormation
12 71 (4.32%) Azure Service Bus
13 70 (4.26%) Amazon ECS
14 64 (3.89%) Amazon EC2
15 61 (3.71%) Amazon SQS
16 59 (3.59%) GitHub Copilot
17 57 (3.47%) Azure AKS
18 49 (2.98%) GitHub Actions
19 44 (2.67%) PaaS
20 43 (2.61%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 63 (3.83%) Broadband
2 23 (1.40%) Network Security
3 11 (0.67%) DMARC
3 11 (0.67%) DNS
3 11 (0.67%) MQTT
4 10 (0.61%) Internet
5 8 (0.49%) VPN
6 7 (0.43%) AMQP
6 7 (0.43%) DHCP
6 7 (0.43%) Firewall
6 7 (0.43%) HTTP
6 7 (0.43%) Hyperconnected
7 6 (0.36%) Cisco ASA
7 6 (0.36%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.30%) LTE
8 5 (0.30%) RFID
9 3 (0.18%) Modbus
10 2 (0.12%) HTTPS
10 2 (0.12%) SNMP
10 2 (0.12%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 233 (14.16%) MongoDB
2 195 (11.85%) NoSQL
3 181 (11.00%) PostgreSQL
4 108 (6.57%) Elasticsearch
5 103 (6.26%) Azure SQL Database
6 97 (5.90%) MySQL
7 78 (4.74%) Relational Database
8 76 (4.62%) SQL Server
9 48 (2.92%) Redis
10 44 (2.67%) DynamoDB
11 43 (2.61%) Amazon RDS
12 29 (1.76%) Big Data
13 26 (1.58%) BigQuery
14 23 (1.40%) RDBMS
15 13 (0.79%) Pinecone
16 9 (0.55%) Db2
17 8 (0.49%) Data Lake
18 7 (0.43%) DTS
18 7 (0.43%) Geospatial Data
19 6 (0.36%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 195 (11.85%) Git
2 157 (9.54%) GitLab
3 128 (7.78%) Jenkins
4 54 (3.28%) TeamCity
5 48 (2.92%) JIRA
5 48 (2.92%) JUnit
6 38 (2.31%) Cucumber
7 32 (1.95%) Mockito
8 30 (1.82%) Cypress.io
9 29 (1.76%) Claude Code
10 28 (1.70%) CircleCI
10 28 (1.70%) Maven
11 18 (1.09%) Selenium
12 17 (1.03%) Vite
13 16 (0.97%) JMeter
14 15 (0.91%) SonarQube
15 13 (0.79%) Postman
16 12 (0.73%) REST Assured
17 9 (0.55%) Bitbucket
17 9 (0.55%) Spock
General
1 438 (26.63%) Finance
2 297 (18.05%) Social Skills
3 158 (9.60%) Banking
4 148 (9.00%) Public Sector
5 94 (5.71%) Retail
6 91 (5.53%) Analytical Skills
7 87 (5.29%) Law
8 86 (5.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 52 (3.16%) Financial Institution
10 45 (2.74%) Back Office
11 30 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
12 28 (1.70%) Telecoms
13 25 (1.52%) Marketing
14 17 (1.03%) Advertising
14 17 (1.03%) Aerospace
15 16 (0.97%) Billing
16 14 (0.85%) Legal
17 12 (0.73%) Front Office
18 11 (0.67%) Games
19 10 (0.61%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 572 (34.77%) Developer
2 401 (24.38%) Senior
3 333 (20.24%) Software Engineer
4 235 (14.29%) Architect
5 228 (13.86%) Lead
6 144 (8.75%) Full-Stack Developer
7 140 (8.51%) .NET Developer
8 132 (8.02%) Java Developer
9 123 (7.48%) Java Engineer
10 117 (7.11%) Senior Developer
11 116 (7.05%) Senior Software Engineer
12 89 (5.41%) Solutions Architect
13 81 (4.92%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 73 (4.44%) Principal Engineer
15 67 (4.07%) Software Developer
16 59 (3.59%) Lead Developer
17 56 (3.40%) DevOps Engineer
18 53 (3.22%) Senior Java Engineer
19 49 (2.98%) Java Software Engineer
20 42 (2.55%) Backend Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 395 (24.01%) .NET
2 366 (22.25%) React
3 335 (20.36%) Node.js
4 278 (16.90%) Spring
5 259 (15.74%) RESTful
6 254 (15.44%) Spring Boot
7 220 (13.37%) REST
8 200 (12.16%) Kafka
9 163 (9.91%) AngularJS
10 157 (9.54%) .NET Core
11 156 (9.48%) ASP.NET
12 148 (9.00%) Vue
13 125 (7.60%) ASP.NET Core
14 87 (5.29%) HTML
15 80 (4.86%) gRPC
16 79 (4.80%) CSS
17 78 (4.74%) ASP.NET Web API
18 77 (4.68%) .NET Framework
19 68 (4.13%) Blazor
20 65 (3.95%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 490 (29.79%) Cloud Native
2 282 (17.14%) Distributed Systems
3 113 (6.87%) Product Ownership
4 79 (4.80%) Legacy Systems
5 71 (4.32%) Enterprise Software
6 49 (2.98%) Greenfield Project
7 46 (2.80%) Video\Live Streaming
8 45 (2.74%) Over-the-Top Content
9 32 (1.95%) Algorithms
9 32 (1.95%) Onboarding
10 30 (1.82%) Public Cloud
11 29 (1.76%) Data Structures
12 26 (1.58%) AI Agents
12 26 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
13 25 (1.52%) Distributed Architecture
14 23 (1.40%) Mobile App
15 22 (1.34%) Legacy Applications
16 21 (1.28%) e-Learning
16 21 (1.28%) PKI
17 19 (1.16%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 97 (5.90%) Linux
2 40 (2.43%) Windows
3 20 (1.22%) Unix
4 7 (0.43%) CentOS
4 7 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (0.30%) Debian
5 5 (0.30%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.24%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.18%) Android
7 3 (0.18%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.12%) AIX
9 1 (0.061%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 830 (50.46%) CI/CD
2 709 (43.10%) Agile
3 597 (36.29%) DevOps
4 595 (36.17%) Software Engineering
5 453 (27.54%) Full-Stack Development
6 397 (24.13%) Containerisation
7 377 (22.92%) Mentoring
8 342 (20.79%) Test Automation
9 332 (20.18%) Event-Driven
10 327 (19.88%) AI
11 310 (18.84%) Continuous Improvement
12 309 (18.78%) Infrastructure as Code
13 282 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
14 214 (13.01%) Scrum
15 206 (12.52%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 199 (12.10%) Technical Leadership
17 194 (11.79%) TDD
18 188 (11.43%) Coaching
19 184 (11.19%) Clean Code
20 173 (10.52%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 545 (33.13%) Java
2 414 (25.17%) Python
3 399 (24.26%) SQL
4 384 (23.34%) C#
5 366 (22.25%) JavaScript
6 292 (17.75%) TypeScript
7 117 (7.11%) Go
8 50 (3.04%) Scala
9 45 (2.74%) PHP
10 43 (2.61%) C++
11 41 (2.49%) Bash
12 35 (2.13%) Ruby
13 27 (1.64%) C
14 23 (1.40%) Rust
15 22 (1.34%) Bicep
15 22 (1.34%) PowerShell
16 19 (1.16%) PL/SQL
17 16 (0.97%) Kotlin
18 13 (0.79%) Shell Script
19 11 (0.67%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 194 (11.79%) Security Cleared
2 162 (9.85%) Degree
3 131 (7.96%) SC Cleared
4 80 (4.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 58 (3.53%) AWS Certification
6 31 (1.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 30 (1.82%) DV Cleared
8 26 (1.58%) CISSP
9 25 (1.52%) Azure Certification
10 18 (1.09%) Master's Degree
11 15 (0.91%) TOGAF Certification
12 14 (0.85%) DBS Check
13 11 (0.67%) CISM
13 11 (0.67%) Microsoft Certification
14 8 (0.49%) PhD
15 7 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
15 7 (0.43%) ISTQB
16 5 (0.30%) Cisco Certification
16 5 (0.30%) GIAC
16 5 (0.30%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 115 (6.99%) QA
2 57 (3.47%) Accessibility
3 38 (2.31%) GDPR
4 35 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 24 (1.46%) NIST
5 24 (1.46%) PCI DSS
6 22 (1.34%) SOC 2
7 19 (1.16%) WCAG
8 15 (0.91%) GRC
8 15 (0.91%) NCSC
9 11 (0.67%) Actionable Recommendations
10 8 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
11 7 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.18%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 3 (0.18%) IFRS
12 3 (0.18%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.18%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.18%) SEPA
13 2 (0.12%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 2 (0.12%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 475 (28.88%) Docker
2 18 (1.09%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.24%) Firmware
4 2 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.061%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 508 (30.88%) Kubernetes
2 307 (18.66%) Terraform
3 87 (5.29%) Ansible
4 86 (5.23%) Grafana
5 49 (2.98%) Prometheus
6 22 (1.34%) Argo
6 22 (1.34%) Kibana
7 14 (0.85%) Puppet
8 13 (0.79%) Cilium
8 13 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (0.43%) HP Fortify
10 4 (0.24%) Packer
10 4 (0.24%) Podman
11 2 (0.12%) Istio
11 2 (0.12%) MIIS
11 2 (0.12%) Nagios
11 2 (0.12%) Opsgenie
11 2 (0.12%) Rancher
12 1 (0.061%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 224 (13.62%) Microsoft
2 71 (4.32%) Google
3 52 (3.16%) Oracle
4 45 (2.74%) Typelevel
5 30 (1.82%) OpenAI
6 24 (1.46%) Splunk
7 22 (1.34%) Dynatrace
8 18 (1.09%) AppDynamics
9 15 (0.91%) IBM
10 13 (0.79%) Databricks
10 13 (0.79%) Red Hat
11 12 (0.73%) SendGrid
12 10 (0.61%) Adobe
13 9 (0.55%) Guidewire
13 9 (0.55%) Salesforce
13 9 (0.55%) SAP
13 9 (0.55%) ServiceNow
14 8 (0.49%) Cisco
14 8 (0.49%) CrowdStrike
15 7 (0.43%) OneLogin